Committee named to study SEO Egg Auction plant move
Southeastern Ohio Egg Auction directors at a special meeting appointed a committee to study moving the central plant from Nelsonville. Harold Koker said the Nelsonville plant remains closed since Oct. 10 with no reopening plans. The 11 member board, with 10 present, passed the resolution amid concerns over local protection and union relations. The committee includes directors Raymond Huck, Lawrence Black, E N Park, A R Beyer, George Newburn, William Andrews and Wallace Danewood. they will meet after the stockholders session on Nov. 8.
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Nelsonville
Southeastern Ohio
SEO
Harold Koker
Koker
SEC
Meigs Man and Sister Die Within Hour
In Pomeroy a brother and his nurse sister died within an hour of each other. Miss Anna Schlaegel, 81, died about 5:30 p.m., followed by her brother Peter Schlaegel, a veteran of the Spanish American War. They were members of a pioneer Meigs County family. The deaths occurred at the home of Judge E W Peoples and his wife, sister of the family.
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Pomeroy
Anna Schlaegel
Peter Schlaegel
Schlaegel
Meigs County
Train Rams Auto at Fremont Grade Crossing
A Nickel Plate Railroad engine wrecked a station wagon at a grade crossing in Fremont last night. Driver Claude Stine and his three children were bruised, while his wife and mother were admitted to Memorial Hospital with minor injuries.
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Fremont
Claude Stine
Memorial Hospital
Atom Blast Test Rocks Las Vegas
LAS VEGAS, Nev. A atomic blast tested ground troops nearby and cracked store windows with a bright daylight flash visible 75 miles away. The explosion, likely from a B-29 drop, produced a seven minute concussion and a long swish sound heard atop rooftops. A white cloud rose over a mile, cloud tinged pink, with Sears Roebuck and F W Woolworth windows reported damaged. A selected group of soldiers observed the distant blast.
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Las Vegas
Nev
Nevada
Sears Roebuck
F. W. Woolworth
Fremont St
Burr Oak Dam Operation Date Set for February
Columbus reports Attorney General C William ONeill announced Burr Oak Dam and Reservoir in Athens and Morgan Counties will be operational by February 1, pending court and land title actions. Natural Resources Director A W Marion set the date after considering condemnation options and local court routes amid disputes over two parcels and flood control stakes. Congressman Jenkins urged immediate legal resolution to allow reservoir use this winter despite proceedings.
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Columbus
C. William O'Neill
Burr Oak
Athens
Morgan Counties
A. W. Marion
Sunday Creek
Athens County
O'Neill
Jenkins
Mr. Jenkins
Gas Explosions Injure 29 During Big Halloween Parade
A Pittsburgh Halloween celebration ended in four gas explosions injuring 29 people. The blasts, in Max Davidson’s Confectionery Store basement, caused a fire and extensive damage estimated at $20,000. Several victims remain critically injured, including Rose Davidson.
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Pittsburgh
Beltzhoover
South Hills
James T. Coslett
Max Davidson
Coslett
Davidson
Rose
Byrd Urges Dixie Dems Remain Free
Senator Byrd denounces the Truman administration in Selma Alabama urging Southern Democrats to stay free to oppose Truman’s re election. He claims anti Truman forces must act to prevent what he calls a leftward, bureaucratic influence over the party. The remarks came at a Dallas County Farm Bureau meeting where Byrd was the sole national speaker.
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Selma
Ala
Byrd
D-Va
Truman
South
Democratic Party
Virginia
America
Washington
Dallas
Governor OKs Turnpike Site
Governor Frank J. Lausche approved the northern Ohio turnpike route favored by the Ohio Turnpike Commission. A Lucas County attorney warned lawsuits could end the project, saying the plan connects with the Pennsylvania Turnpike near Petersburg and runs northwest to the Indiana border northwest of Bryan.
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Columbus
Frank J. Lausche
Ohio Turnpike Commission
Lucas County
Lausche
Pennsylvania Turnpike
Petersburg
Mahoning County
Indiana
Bryan
Seven Plant Workers Escape West Side Explosion
Flames ripped through the Cleveland Container Corp plant on Cleveland's West Side after an early morning blast at about 3 30 am. The roof and rear wall collapsed as firemen fought the fire and lacquer cans exploded. A watchman said seven employees were inside when the explosion occurred. all reportedly escaped unharmed.
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Cleveland
Cleveland Container Corp
Boy Tries to End Life After Sleep Pill Diet
In Inglewood California police report, 13 year old Donald Henderson was hospitalized after taking 15 to 25 sleeping pills before school and leaving a note to his mother saying he took the easy way out. The incident underscores concerns about youth school aversion and access to medications.
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Inglewood
Calif
Donald Henderson
General Hospital
Donald
Escaped Circus Animals Reach Arkansas Hunt Begins
In Mt Ida Arkansas a rare search unfolds for two escaped circus animals a spotted cat and a white bear described as dangerous by sportsmen and circus personnel Sheriff Wilbur Tidwell of Montgomery County leads the hunt with cautious optimism as trackers fan out across the western region seeking the beasts.
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MT. Ida
Ark
Southland
Arkansas
Wilbur Tidwell
Montgomery County
Optimis
Leopards and bears escape circus van wreck in Ouachita Forest
A circus van overturned in Ouachita National Forest near here releasing two leopards a polar bear two black bears and several rhesus monkeys. One leopard was shot and killed after wandering onto a highway. Sheriff Tidwell praised Patrolman Clarence Montgomery who shot the leopard with a sub machine gun and kept the pelt. The leopard weighed 128 pounds. The escaped animals belonged to the circus.
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Sparsley
Ouachita National Forest
Here
Tidwell
Arkansas
Clarence
Red) Montgomery
Malvern
Montgomery
Lion Kills Child at Arkansas Circus
A young lion at a Mena Arkansas circus fatally mauled the nine year old granddaughter of a woman trainer. Circus owner Ben Davenport said the cat remained in its cage after the incident, despite earlier reports of an escape.
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Mena, Ark
Ben Davenport
Youth Buried Alive in Sand Bank Cave-In at Gallipolis Ferry
A 15 year old, Robert Gibson of Frazers Bottom, was buried by a sand collapse at the Ace Henry Gravel Pit on the Sand Lewis Farm in Gallipolis Ferry. He died after rescue efforts took over 45 minutes. Gibson leaves parents and nine siblings. Body moved to Hack Mortuary in Milton.
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Point Pleasant
Gallipolis Ferry
Robert Gibson
Everett Gibson
Frazers Bottom
Ace Henry
Mohr-Arnett
Point Clinic
Murphy Goff
Luther Horn
Gibson Goff
Gibson
Mohr- Arnett Funeral Home
Hack Mortuary
Milton
Defense Hits Key Evidence In Alter Case
In Columbus a defense witness Dr. Horace B. Davidson testified no blood was found on a rubber brake pad from George Phillips’s car, challenging prosecution proof in the Ruth Alter homicide case. Dr. Brown testified type B blood matched the victim on the pad, while a garageman said his finger bled while working on the car. prosecutors cited other interior car pieces with blood.
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Columbus
Horace B. Davidson
George Phillips
Ruth Alter
Ralph J. Bartlett
Phillips
Anson L. Brown
Davidson
Paul M. Herbert
William J. Schwan
Army Officer Is Convicted By General Court Martial
Col. Shirley W. Mellwain was found guilty by a general court martial of using dishonorable methods to obtain luxury automobiles. The verdict faces automatic appeal to the commanding general of the Second Army, who may set aside or reduce the $1500 fine and reprimand. The case then goes to the judge advocate general's board for review. Col. McKiwain was relieved as commander of the Rossford Ordnance Depot after a Type-2 Wave-.
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Toledo
Shirley W. Mellwain
Second Army
Board of Reviews
Judge Advocate General
Col
McKiiwain
Rossford
Argentine Communist Candidate Shot at Rally
Rodolfo Ghioldi, Communist presidential candidate, was shot in the lung and seriously wounded during a bomb and gun demonstration that dispersed a Red political rally in Parana Argentina last night. The attack marks a violent turn in the campaign amid political tensions and public unrest.
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Parana
Argentina
Rodolfo Ghioldi
Acquittal in Draft Case for Point Pleasant Conscientious Objector
In Huntington West Virginia 23 year old Howard Everngam of Point Pleasant was acquitted by Federal Judge Harry E Watkins of violating the Selective Service Act by refusing induction. The judge held the Justice Department examiner acted arbitrarily in denying reclassification and voided the examiner’s report. The court said a conscientious objector's beliefs not his religious denomination should be considered and noted future draft board orders must be complied with.
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Huntington
W. VA
Point Pleasant
Harry E. Watkins
Watkins
Justice Department
Howard Everngam
Pt. Pleasant
Everngam
Everngain
Mine Blast Fatal to 12 in Rayford West Virginia
A coal mine explosion killed 12 men in Rayford WV yesterday. The State Mines Department blamed improper blasting by the crew, saying shots were placed under hanging slate to loosen it, igniting coal dust. Seven bodies were removed in the afternoon and five more before dark. most showed burns indicating immediate death.
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Rayford
W. VA
State Mines Department
Law
Mines Department
Eisenhower Flying Home for Talks with Truman
Gen Dwight Eisenhower will fly home this weekend for conferences with President Truman and other top officials. He departs Paris Friday night and returns Monday for talks on his supreme Allied command and North Atlantic defense, staying at Fort Knox with his son Capt John Eisenhower.
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Dwight Eisenhower
Truman
White House
Supreme Allied Command
North Atlantic
Paris
Fort Knox
Capt
John Eisenhower
Jother
Grant Wage Hike for Columbus Airline Workers
North American Aviation Inc of Columbus announced a one cent per hour cost of living pay increase for 8,500 employees yesterday. The move raises annual payroll costs and reflects inflation adjustments amid labor market pressures.
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Columbus
North American Aviation, Inc
Taft Blames Foreign Policy Debacle For War
Senator Robert A Taft told Rhode Island fund raisers that the United States suffers from a disastrous foreign policy. He named three GOP campaign issues including corruption and bureaucracy with higher taxes and claimed Korea was fought in error due to policy mistakes, calling the war wholly unnecessary.
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Providence
R. I
Robert A. Taft
United States
Republican Action Association of
Rhode Island
The
Taft
Korea
Historic Air Attack by Marines Marks First Helicopter Combat
U S Marines conducted the first true helicopter combat raid behind UN lines in Korea, landing two helicopters with 33 volunteers on a mountain fortress held by about 150 North Korean Reds. They struck huts and HQ, leaving the enemy possibly broken. Meanwhile B-29s from Okinawa and Japan dropped 400 tons on front lines, targeting bunkers and ammunition dumps in the Kumhwa area as ground fighting quieted.
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U.S. 8Th Army
Korea
U. S
United Nations
First Division
Okinawa
Japan
Kumhwa
Truce Teams Near Accord On Corridor In Korea
United Nations briefers said Allied and Communist negotiators in Panmunjom are in general agreement on the eastern half of a buffer demilitarized zone from Kumhwa to the east coast. A key issue remains whether Kaesong will be included and how long the war could continue if the armistice stalls.
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Panmunjom
Arleigh A. Burke
Howard M. Turner
C. Turner Joy
Lawrence C. Craigie
Lee Hyong Keun
Turner
General Craigie
United States
Allied
Yesong River
Sea of Japan
Munsan
Korea
United Nations
L. G. Hill
Hill
Red China
Peiping
Red
Kumhwa
Kaesong
Capital Halls Royal Couple in Washington Visit
Britain's royal couple Elizabeth and Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, continued their 45 hour stay in Washington with public appearances. They laid a wreath at Mount Vernon honoring George Washington as the liberator of the American colonies, while crowds cheered and photographers rode the event with an air of ceremony and regional interest.
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Britain
Elizabeth
Truman
Philip
Duke of Edinburgh
Mount Vernon
George Washington
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